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Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness four discourses accommodated…
Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness four discourses accommodated unto the designs of practical godliness : preached partly at Boston, partly at Charleston / by Cotton Mather ; published by a gentleman lately restored from threatening sickness as a humble essay to serve the interest of religion, in gratitude unto God for his recovery.
Boston: printed by R. Pierce, 1689
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Once more, The Living may be Praising of God by Advancing His Kingdom here below. In this Life we may be instrumental to Convince and Convert Unregenerate Sinners, to build up the Church of the Lord Jesus, and to Do good among the ignorant by an Exemplary Conversation. But this is to be done only below the stars.
Once more, The Living may be Praising of God by Advancing His Kingdom here below. In this Life we may be instrumental to Convince and Convert Vnregenerate Sinners, to build up the Church of the Lord Jesus, and to Do good among the ignorant by an Exemplary Conversation. But this is to be done only below the stars.
Furthermore, There are Graces proper to this Life which God is praised by the Exercising of. The Tears of Sorrow for Sin will be dry`d up, when we come to the State in which all Sorrow shall flee away. Charity in Giving and Forgiving to them that need it,—there is no occasion for that Charity among them that are above; they are all perfect and happy there. Patience under Trials belongs to our present Condition only; there are no Afflictions to trouble us, when our few days full of trouble are passed away. In a Word. Our Spiritual Warfare is to be attended only in this Valley of the Shadow of Death. We cannot fight the Battles of the Lord, and therein we cannot show the praises of the Lord, when we are arrived at the End of our Faith the Salvation of our Souls. Our Fight is done, our Crown is come when we have been Faithful to the Death.
Furthermore, There are Graces proper to this Life which God is praised by the Exercising of. The Tears of Sorrow for Sin will be dry`d up, when we come to the State in which all Sorrow shall flee away. Charity in Giving and Forgiving to them that need it,—there is no occasion for that Charity among them that are above; they are all perfect and happy there. Patience under Tryals belongs to our present Condition only; there are no Afflictions to trouble us, when our few dayes full of trouble are passed away. In a Word. Our Spiritual Warfare is to be attended only in this Valley of the Shadow of Death. We cannot fight the Battles of the Lord, and therein we cannot shew the praises of the Lord, when we are arrived at the End of our Faith the Salvation of our Souls. Our Fight is done, our Crown is come when we have been Faithful to the Death.